Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
AGERE SYSTEMS INC
555 UNION BLVD, ALLENTOWN, PA, 181093286
Parent company: NA
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Freon 113 (CFC-113) | Trichloroethylene | Certain glycol ethers | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Acetone | Total (lbs) |
| 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2002 | — | — | — | 1,400 | — | 3,720 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | 2,700 | — | 6,481 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | 3,100 | — | 8,200 |
| 1999 | — | — | — | 3,100 | — | 7,640 |
| 1998 | — | — | — | 2,600 | — | 7,300 |
| 1997 | — | — | 740 | 2,800 | — | 11,970 |
| 1996 | — | — | 2,900 | 2,500 | — | 17,450 |
| 1995 | — | — | 2,100 | 8,250 | — | 19,730 |
| 1994 | — | — | 4,700 | 11,250 | — | 45,020 |
| 1993 | — | — | 7,000 | 11,250 | 11,900 | 65,350 |
| 1992 | 22,700 | — | 33,200 | 13,250 | 18,390 | 110,950 |
| 1991 | 28,200 | 17,615 | 42,390 | 6,850 | 18,950 | 132,140 |
| 1990 | 77,500 | 32,454 | 36,700 | 4,150 | 22,900 | 199,979 |
| 1989 | 127,750 | 48,705 | 42,500 | 15,000 | 25,050 | 322,335 |
| 1988 | — | 78,822 | — | 63,250 | — | 195,273 |
| 1987 | 180,250 | 73,262 | — | — | 29,250 | 351,335 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.